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11. Add MS 32125

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Title:
Wace, Roman de Brut; the Anglo-Norman Description of England; Estoire del Saint Graal; Robert de Boron, prose Merlin
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 2 separate items bound together: ff. 1r-58v, Wace, Roman de Brut, in Anglo-Norman verse (ff. 1r-58r); an extract from the Anglo-Norman Description of England (ff. 58r-v). ff. 59r-245v, Estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 59r-205v); Robert de Boron, Merlin (ff. 206r-245v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1275-1325
Extent:

A parchment codex, 245 folios.

12. Add MS 32125, ff 1r-58v

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Add MS 32125, ff 1r-58v
Title:
Wace, Roman de Brut; Description of England
Scope & Content:
This part contains 2 texts: ff. 1r-58r, Wace, Roman de Brut in Anglo-Norman verse. Incipit (f. 1r): 'Ky vot oyr e wot saver / De rey en rey e de eir en eir / ke cil furent e dunt vindrent / ke engleterre primes tindrent'. Numerous leaves are missing between ff. 48 and 49, with the loss of line...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1275-1300
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex, 58 folios

13. Add MS 32125, ff 59r-245v

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Add MS 32125, ff 59r-245v
Title:
Estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 59r-205v); Robert de Boron, Merlin (ff. 206r-245v).
Scope & Content:
This part contains 2 texts: ff. 59r-205v, Estoire del Saint Graal (part of the 'Vulgate' cycle, see Sommers, Arthurian Romances, (1909)), in Old French prose. Rubric in red ('Ici comence...') has been mostly cut away in binding. Incipit of the prologue (f. 59r): 'Cil qui la hautesce e la seign...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1300-1325
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex, 145 folios.

14. Add MS 54180

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Title:
Laurent d'Orléans, La Somme le Roi
Scope & Content:
La Somme le Roi, a moral compendium compiled in 1279 by the Dominican Friar Laurent for King Philip III of France (r. 1270-1285), incipit: 'Le premier comandement'; preceded by a rubric: 'Ce sont les X commandemenz nostre seigneur jesus'; explicit (including the date of the compilation): 'Cest l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
c 1295
Extent:

208 folios.

15. Add MS 72412

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Add MS 72412
Title:
Remonstrance of the House of Commons to King James I against Impositions, 1610, and the Treatise of James Whitelocke against Impositions, 1610
Scope & Content:
Trumbull Papers. In 1610 the House of Commons was very concerned with the issue of impositions - that is, new customs duties imposed by the Crown without parliamentary sanction - as an arbitrary exaction against the property rights of the subject and the authority of Parliament. This manuscript...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1610-1642
Extent:
1 volume

16. Arundel MS 57

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 57
Title:
Michael of Northgate, Ayenbite of Inwyt
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript contains the only copy of the Middle English text, Ayenbite of Inwyt, together with religious poems and treatises. The first and last quires (ff. 1-12, 97-108) appear to have been added not long after the manuscript was written, possibly as protective flyleaves (see G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1340
Extent:

A parchment codex consisting of 3 items

17. Arundel MS 57, ff 1r-12v

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Arundel MS 57, ff 1r-12v
Title:
Glossed Aristotle De anima, with added texts in Latin, French and Middle English
Scope & Content:
1. A fragment of Aristotle's De anima with glosses added in the late 13th century (ff. 1r-12v); On the lower half of the pages and in spaces in the Aristotle text have been added: (i) Inscription (see below, item 2), verses (f. 2: Boffey 539.5, 1227, 1961.3, 3238.5) and a list of contents of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1250-1300
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex: 12 folios

18. Egerton MS 881

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Egerton MS 881
Title:
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose
Scope & Content:
Content: ff. 1r-172r: Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Loris continued by Jean de Meun. Incomplete due to missing folios. Numerous folios are missing: one between ff. 7-8; 8-9; 10-11; two between ff. 12-13; one between ff. 19-20; 22-23; 25-26; three between ff. 42-43; one between ff. 69-70; 83...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 172 folios

19. Harley MS 273

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Harley MS 273
Title:
Compilation of religious and secular texts
Scope & Content:
A composite miscellany of religious and secular texts written in England (mostly in Anglo-Norman) and assembled for devotional and instructive purposes. It is made of six parts: First unit (ff. 1r-69v) includes a French Psalter with a calendar, followed by other liturgical prayers, and Hours of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1300-1349
Extent:

1 volume

20. Harley MS 273, ff 70r-85v

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Harley MS 273, ff 70r-85v
Title:
Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour, Robert Grosseteste, Rules, and other text including charms.
Scope & Content:
The second unit of the manuscript includes: Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour (Bestiary of love) (ff. 70r-81r); Robert Grosseteste, Rules (ff. 81r-85r); Rules of Friendship or La Diffinission de Amurs (ff. 85r-85v); Charm against wounds (f. 85v) and Charm for bloodletting (f. 85v). Decorat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1300-1329
Extent:
15 folios.

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